Margvelashvili: Georgia will become part of European family not only culturally, but also politically

"Georgia is historically part of Europe so we will continue on this path and at some point, I hope in the near future, we will really become part of this family. Not only culturally, but also politically. Said Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili in an interview with Euronews.

On the journalists question, of how Georgia will resist Russian pressure differently from Ukraine, Margvelashvili answered:

"It is not always right in politics to think with analogies. Of course the environment currently on the summit creates a temptation of that analogy. We want to think that the European format of win-to-win policy, the European paradigm, that broader and bigger Europe is a safer world, is a safer region, is a safer Russian neighbor.

Euronews journalist also got interested if it is compatible to get closer to NATO and EU and normalize relations with Russia at the same time, on which Margvelashvili replied:

"Georgia is an independent country with its policy. Georgia tries to send out the message to each of its neighbours, including the Russian Federation, that civilised, economically-strong, democratic, European Georgia, and Euro-Atlantic Georgia, is not a threat for anyone. But on the contrary, it is a more stable border, it is a more stable neighbourhood.